Cork-puller.



N0.730,007. v PATENTED JUNE g,'190s R. DRESSLBR. 003K FULLER.

APPLI OATION FILED AUG. 30, 1902;

' no MODEL.

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irm llllllllfllll UNITED STATES Patented June 2 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPTIDRESSLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO l ANDREW J. HOLM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK/ CORK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 730,007, dated June 2, 1903. .Application filed August 30, 1902 Serial No. 121,558. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH DRESSLER,

I a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, boroughof Kings, and State of New York, have'invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cork-pullers of'that class by which the cork is lifted bodily from the mouth of the bottle by means of spurs that are forced in planes at right angles, a pointed tip on the end of said shank, a movable rod arranged in said shank having transverse slots registering with said diametrically opposite slots, oppositelyrdisposedspurs carried in the slots of said rod adapted to advance and recede in the slots of the shank upon movement of said' rod, levers 'fulcrumed in said head'project: ing fromoppos'ite sides thereof, means connecting said levers with said rod, and asprin'g in said head controlling said levers, rod, and spurs, as will be more fully described herein- I after and fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved cork-puller, showing the parts in their normal positions. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the cork-puller inserted into a cork andthe parts in position for withdrawing the same from the bottle. Fig. is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side elevation with one-half of the head and shank of the cork-puller removed, so as to show the interior construction. Figs. 5 and 6 are details of the operative parts of the cork-puller, drawn on alarger scale; and Figs. 7 and 8 are horizontal sections, respectively, on lines 7 7, Fig. 5, and 8 8, Fig. 6.-

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referringto the drawings, A represents the shank, B the head, and O the tapering point of my improved cork-puller. The head and oval shape in front elevation. tions are provided with abutting edges and connected by one or more fastening-screws b, that pass through the head portion of the secshank are made of two semisections, which are preferably stamped from sheet metal by means of suitable dies, the shank portion being made semicircular in cross-section, While the head is made of flat and approximately The semisections, and by a tapering point C, which is provided with an interiorly-threaded socket c, that engages the screw-threaded lower ends a of. the shank-sections, as shown clearly in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. The shank is thus tubular in form, so as to guide a connecting-rod D, preferably of round cross-section, the lower end of which is provided with transverse recesses d, arranged in planes at right angles to each other and one above the other. In each recess is pivoted a pair of oppositely-projecting spurs D, which pass through corresponding recesses (Z in theflshankA to the outside of the same or which are folded away in said 'recesses'd when actuated by means of levers E by the tension of the helical spring f are in a position sidewise of the'head B, as shown in Fig. 1, while simultaneously the Purs are in a position withdrawn into the recesses of the shank, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. The arrangement ofthe helical spring f causes the actuating-levers E, the rod D, and the spurs to be moved simultaneously, and by means of the pivot-link connection between the levers E and the connecting-rod D both levers are operated simultaneously whether one or the other is operated.

The operation of my improvedcork-puller is as follows: The eork-puller is taken hold of between the fingers byplacing the head of the same in the palm'of the hand and the middle fingers below the outwardly-curved cient depth so that the cork extends sufliciently above the uppermost pair of spurs Z". Pressure is next exerted by the middle fingers on the lower ends of the levers E, so that they are spread apart, causing the depression of the rod D, which produces the simultaneous outward motion of the spurs into position shown in Figs. 4: and 6, whereby both pairs of spurs extend in planes at right angles with each other and are embedded into the body of the cork, so that by an upward pull on the levers E the cork can be readily withdrawn from the mouth of the bottle. By then moving the levers down to the sides of the head of the cork-puller the rod D is retracted and the spurs are drawn back into the shank of the cork-puller, so that the cork can be readily taken from the shank.

I am aware that cork-pullers based 011 the same principle have been patented heretofore; but I am unaware that a cork-puller was ever before used in which the actuating-levers upon being acted upon by the fingers forced the laterally-extending spurs into the body of the cork, so that by a continuous pulling motion on the levers in upward direction the cork was withdrawn from the mouth of the bottle. .This continuity of motion produced by the fingers on the actuating-levers E constitutes the essential advantage of my improved cork-puller. Another feature is that by the return motion of the levers into their normal position alongside of the head of the cork-puller the spurs are drawn back into the shank, so that the shank can be readily withdrawn from the cork without injuring the same to any great extent, so that the cork can be used over again, if desired, it being not split up or injured, as is the case with corkscrews and other cork-pull ing devices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cork-puller, consisting of a head, a tubular shank connected. therewith and having diametrically opposite slots arranged in groups one above the other in planes at right angles, a pointed tip on the end of said shank,

movable rod arranged in said shankhaving transverse slots registering with said diametrically opposite slots, opposite1ydisposed spurs carried in the slots of said rod adapted to advance and recede in the slots of the shank upon movement of said rod, levers fulcruined in said head projecting from opposite sides thereof, means connecting said levers with said rod, and a spring in said head controlling said levers, rod and spurs, substantially as set forth.

2. A cork-puller, consisting of a head, a tubular shank formed integral therewith and having diametrically opposite slots arranged in groups in planes at right angles, said head having an opening extending transversely thereof and in communication with the hollow of the shank, a movable rod, a plurality of spurs carried on said rod adapted to advance and recede in the slots of said shank, oppositely-disposed levers fulcrumed in said head at opposite ends of the opening thereof, links connecting said levers with said movable rod, and a spring on said rod for normally retaining said spurs in receded position and the levers in folded depending position, substantially as set forth.

A cork-puller, consisting of two separably-connected semisections forming a tubular shank and a hollow head, a pointed tip at the end of said shank, a movable rod arranged in said tubular shank, said rod and shank having diametrically opposite slots arranged in planes at right angles and one above another, spurs pivotally projecting from the slots of said rod and adapted to advance and recede in the slots of said shanks upon move ment of said rod, levers .t'ulcrumed in the hollow head at opposite sides, links connecting said levers with said rod, a compressiom spring in said head arranged on said rod for controlling said rod, levers and spurs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the ij'oregoil'lg as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH. .I')RESSLER.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, (J. BRADWAY. 

